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michaeldthomasI haven't blogged much in the last couple of weeks, but that's mostly because life has been relatively calm. ![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
rarelylynne is finishing up her Rare Book 2.0 book, I'm chugging on my books, and Caitlin is thriving.
We've been wrapped up in Presidential politics, but I've refrained from blogging about it for various reasons. There's just not much that I can add that the rest of my f-list hasn't covered. I am also an advocate for people with disabilities, which means that I spend a lot of time working with people who have very different political beliefs than my own. Even though they probably don't read this blog, I can't assume anything in the Google age. In order to get good work done, it's probably for the best that I don't unload with a rant every time I feel like it. Luckily, I can still add my two cents to the blogs of others.
Here is the state of my writing:
1- Fluid Links has become a massive project. For those of you who are new around here or forgot, my co-writers and I are creating a critical guidebook to all of the Doctor Who tie-in novels and audio plays (that's over 450 works). My job is "The Lore" sections. Basically, I am telling the story of how each novel was created. To do this, I've read hundreds of interviews with dozens of writers and editors. I've also gone through hundreds of thousands of postings on the Internet made by the authors about their works. It took me the better part of a year to complete this research.
I am now writing up each entry. I'm also tracking down the authors that stayed away from the Internets. This means lots of searching for British authors who wrote a couple of Doctor Who books and then sort of disappeared. So far, my results are mixed.
2- I have three more chapters to revise of Murder Ballads. This is my contemporary, magical post-apocalyptic, coming-of-age fantasy novel. I should have a second draft completed in a few weeks. I have two firm beta readers for it. This is a good thing, since this is my first novel.
3- Speaking of which, I received my packet for the WindyCon Writer's Workshop. I am workshopping the first chapter. It seems like a nice small group with two other aspiring writers and four professionals. The pros are an interesting group: Jody Lynn Nye, Jim Hines, Michael Z. Williamson, and Francisco Ruiz. I should get some fascinating pointers from this process.
rarelylynne is finishing up her Rare Book 2.0 book, I'm chugging on my books, and Caitlin is thriving.We've been wrapped up in Presidential politics, but I've refrained from blogging about it for various reasons. There's just not much that I can add that the rest of my f-list hasn't covered. I am also an advocate for people with disabilities, which means that I spend a lot of time working with people who have very different political beliefs than my own. Even though they probably don't read this blog, I can't assume anything in the Google age. In order to get good work done, it's probably for the best that I don't unload with a rant every time I feel like it. Luckily, I can still add my two cents to the blogs of others.
Here is the state of my writing:
1- Fluid Links has become a massive project. For those of you who are new around here or forgot, my co-writers and I are creating a critical guidebook to all of the Doctor Who tie-in novels and audio plays (that's over 450 works). My job is "The Lore" sections. Basically, I am telling the story of how each novel was created. To do this, I've read hundreds of interviews with dozens of writers and editors. I've also gone through hundreds of thousands of postings on the Internet made by the authors about their works. It took me the better part of a year to complete this research.
I am now writing up each entry. I'm also tracking down the authors that stayed away from the Internets. This means lots of searching for British authors who wrote a couple of Doctor Who books and then sort of disappeared. So far, my results are mixed.
2- I have three more chapters to revise of Murder Ballads. This is my contemporary, magical post-apocalyptic, coming-of-age fantasy novel. I should have a second draft completed in a few weeks. I have two firm beta readers for it. This is a good thing, since this is my first novel.
3- Speaking of which, I received my packet for the WindyCon Writer's Workshop. I am workshopping the first chapter. It seems like a nice small group with two other aspiring writers and four professionals. The pros are an interesting group: Jody Lynn Nye, Jim Hines, Michael Z. Williamson, and Francisco Ruiz. I should get some fascinating pointers from this process.
